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ReviewJournal of Korean medical science2019

Current Management of Cancer-associated Venous Thromboembolism: Focus on Direct Oral Anticoagulants.

Sang-A Kim, Ho-Young Yhim, Soo-Mee Bang

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Review in Journal of Korean medical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism: The 3Journal of Korean medical science · 2022
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  5. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sang-A KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8529-0232
Ho-Young YhimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1252-5336
Soo-Mee BangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-3007
Jeonbuk National University Hospital · KRSeoul National University Bundang Hospital · KRSeoul National University Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (CAT) is a common complication associated with high morbidity and mortality. In accordance with major clinical trials comparing low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA), LMWH is currently the standard treatment for CAT, owing to its efficacy for thrombosis recurrence and improved safety profile compared to VKA. Over the past few years, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have emerged as potential alternative therapies to LMWH due to their convenient route of administration and predictable pharmacokinetics, but evidence for their use in CAT is inconclusive, as only a small fraction of the study populations in these trials had CAT. Recently, two large head-to-head trials comparing DOACs to LMWH in CAT patients reported comparable efficacies of DOACs with increased bleeding risk. Occasionally, CAT treatment can be challenging due to the heterogeneity of underlying malignancies and comorbidities. Renal insufficiency and gastrointestinal defects are the main obstacles in anticoagulant selection. Careful choice of treatment candidates and proper anticoagulant strategies are critical for the treatment of CAT; hence, more studies are required to address these challenges.

Indexed as

Administration, OralAnticoagulantsClinical Trials as TopicHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightHumansNeoplasmsRenal InsufficiencyRisk FactorsVenous ThromboembolismVitamin KAnticoagulantsHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightVitamin KCancer-associated Venous ThromboembolismDirect Oral AnticoagulantsLow-Molecular-Weight Heparin

Identifiers

PMID30787683
PMCPMC6374546
OpenAlexW2912499990

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